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Unleash Your Inner Superhero at BAM's Comics Workshops
Boise Art Museum will host workshops for aspiring comic artists of all ages, and present accomplished illustrators and authors in the graphic novel field in conjunction with its Comics at the...
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A View to a Kill: Idaho's Playbook for the Execution of Paul Rhoades
Idaho officials had to create a detailed guide to carry out the Friday, Nov. 18 death sentence. by George Prentice On Oct. 19, Seventh District Judge Jon Shindurling issued death warrants for Paul...
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Murs
Mur includes diverse samples on the same album, pairing artists like Michael Jackson with James Blunt. Murs, aka Nick Carter, also drips with that freestyle swagger that's lost in today's overly...
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Portland, Ore., Coffee Roaster Will Win Your Heart
Small Portland micro-roaster puts some love in its coffee beans. by Tara Morgan Some coffee chains (cough, Starbucks) serve their drip so dark and sludgy that it could be used to spackle a wall. The...
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Boise River Current Affairs
"The healthier the watershed is, the healthier we're going to be." by Stephen Foster On a crisp, clear fall afternoon, a team of scientists gathered along the banks of the Boise River near Barber...
View ArticleThe Occupiers' Choice
"Revolutions are mostly nonviolent. But violence must always part be of the toolkit." by Ted Rall In a revolution, one set of elites gets supplanted by another. There has never been a nonviolent...
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INL Accident Exposes 17 to Radiation
Seventeen employees of the Idaho National Laboratory were rushed to an INL medical facility after being exposed to low-level radiation from plutonium today. The INL said there was no risk to the...
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Boise Votes 2011: Elections and Bicycles
As Boise Mayor Dave Bieter rode a wave of support to victory Tuesday night, along with Council Members Elaine Clegg, David Eberle, Lauren McLean and Councilman-elect Ben Quintana, transit became a hot...
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Boise Votes 2011: Basque Center Smoking Clouds Election
As the election results rolled in last night, something hung in the air. It wasn't a cloud of political debate in the atmosphere at the Basque Center, it was a thin cloud of cigarette and cigar...
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Boise Votes 2011: Elections and Streetcars
Boise Mayor Dave Bieter wasted little time Tuesday night to use his overwhelming election victory as a platform to re-ignite his drive to bring rail service back into the city's downtown core....
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Boise Votes 2011: Social Media Just for Fun or Election Tool?
Social media can be good for spying on old classmates, catching up with old friends and flames, and even businesses have been using the new technology to retail advantages. But will it be the key to...
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Walmart Wants to be Your Health-care Provider
Walmart is planning to enter the health-care industry. NPR and Kaiser Health News are reporting this morning that the nation's largest retailer wants to offer a range of medical services from basic...
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Washington Voters Approve Private Liquor Sales
In what was the most expensive political race in the Pacific Northwest, Washington voters have kicked their state out of the liquor business. A $22.7 million campaign, fed in large part by the Costco...
View ArticleNeed Something To Do Wednesday?
So hills aren't your thing. Perhaps you suffered a traumatic incident when rolling down a hill as a child—maybe you rolled into dog droppings or hit a tree that made your forehead lumpy and deformed.…...
View ArticleBoise Votes 2011: Election Coverage Recap
Boise Weekly sent out a team of reporters election night to cover candidates' receptions as results started rolling in. We talked to newly elected and re-elected Boise City Council members via...
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Weekly Cover Art Submissions
Here's your weekly sample of cover art submissions. As like we say every week: Submission is open to everyone. Check out an archive of cover submission posts here.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the...
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Steelhead to be Released in Boise on Thursday
Anglers, prepare your rods: The Idaho Department of Fish and Game will release more than 250 steelhead salmon in the Boise River on Thursday, Nov. 10. Fish and Game will release the fish—each weighing...
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BREAKING: Capitol Evacuated
UPDATE: 3:28 p.m. UPDATE: 2:18 p.m. UPDATE: 2:10 p.m.From @KTVB on Twitter: "Homeland Security says aspirin was the powdery substance found at the Idaho Statehouse." UPDATE: 2:03 p.m.The Idaho...
View ArticleExecution Protests to be Held at Statehouse
With the execution of Paul Rhoades just more than a week away, Idahoans Against the Death Penalty has announced that it will hold a rally at the Capitol on Saturday, Nov. 12, at 11:30 a.m. According...
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Simplot Closing Three Plants, Building One
Officials with the J.R. Simplot Company confirmed that they will soon be shuttering processing plants in Caldwell, Nampa and Aberdeen. The food giant will then open a new, state-of-the-art potato...
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